Who will fund eHealth? What is it, eHealth? Silver economy, a driving force for eHealth adoption Multiple models are being tested, whereas no one wins out yet... Three key stakes to be addressed in order to define a viable business model

1. eHealth – Who will fund eHealth?
Hao YI
Expert eHealth at IDATE
E-mail: h.yi@idate.org
Tel: +33 (0)4 67 14 44 51
16 November 2017

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Right Information, Right Person, Right Time = improve safety, outcomes, quality & efficiency
What is it, eHealth?
eHealth is the cost-effective and secure use of information and
communications technologies (ICT) in support of health & health-related field
Health IT
• Electronic medical records (EMRs)
• Electronic health records (EHRs)
• Health information exchange (HIE)
• E-prescribing
Connected device
• Medical equipment embedded
with connectivity module
• Mobile /wearable medical sensors
• Implantable (e.g., ICM)
• Connected drugs (e.g., Proteus)
• Mobile tools (iPad, iPhone…)
eHealth services
• Tele-consultation
• Remote patient monitoring
• Tele-assistance
• Home medical care
• Personalised & preventive care

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Silver economy: a driving force for ehealth adoption
eHealth - one of key economic activities to meeting the “aging well” needs
eHealth
Aging-friendly housing
& other assistance
Share of seniors’ consumer spending in
total consumption expenditures of France
in 2015, by sector
Source: IDATE DigiWorld, The digital silver economy, January 2017
Technological solutions involved in the silver economy

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Who will fund eHealth?
Multiple models are being tested, whereas no one wins out yet…
Source: IDATE DigiWorld, eHealth, November 2017
B2C
Insurer or retirement home
(mutuelle, EHPAD, etc.)
B2B2C
Public fund « Fee-for-serivce » for telemedicine
(le Décret de Télémédecine 2010)
Direct subscription
Indirect subscription through
an intermediary, often the insurer,
retirement home or employer

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• General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
• Government funding programmes
( " le Grand Plan d’investissement Plan 2018-2022 ")
• Reimbursement policies & payment models to be defined
Who will fund eHealth?
Three key stakes to be addressed in order to define a viable busines model
Policy & Regulation
To-be-proved value
propostiion of eHealth
Healthcare system changes
• New collaboration model & care pathway re-design
• Patient-centred care model
• Training and communication
• Medico-economic evaluation
(savings, efficiency, outcome, quality, etc.)
• CapEx/ OpEx evaluation
( benefits VS. costs)

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Agenda
• 14:30-14:40 Introduction by IDATE DigiWorld
• 14:40-15:20 Session 1: Business model – Who is going to pay? And how?
• 15:20-15:35 Keynote 1: Potential of health data
• 15:35-16:15 Session 2: The Silver economy – will it drive a surge in investments for eHealth?
• 16:15-16:30 Keynote 2: ehealth of tomorrow – personalized medicine and new “business” models
• 16:30 Closing cocktail